Knockdown concrete building



July 3, 1923. 1,460,941

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Application filed June20, 1921. Serial 1%. 478,901.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Warmer C. BROUGH- TON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Kansas City, in the county of J ackson and State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in KnockdownConcrete Buildings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in knock-down concrete buildingssuch as garages, etc, and one objectis to provide a structure of thischaracter which may be manufactured at a central plant and shipped tothe point of use where it may be quickly erected with unskilled labor.

One important feature of the invention resides in providing thedifferent elements which enter into the walls of the structure withgrooves and tongues to assist in holding said elements together withoutthe use of screws, or bolts and nuts.

Another feature resides in a skeleton frame made up of anchors andlongitudinal and transverse bars whereby the difierent parts constitutinfirmly held toget lier, so that there will be no danger of the structurecolla sing.

Other features will hereina ter appear, and in order that the inventionmay be full understood reference will now be made to t e accompanyingdrawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a combined front elevation and cross section of the structurearranged in the form of Ta arage.

Fig. 2 is 'a' roken side elevation of the structure.

Fig. 3 is a fra entary cross section on line III-III of ig. 2.

Fi 4 is a detail perspective view of the meta lic skeleton frame fortying the different elements of the structure together.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary front elevation of the upper portionof the structure.

Fig. 6 is a similar view in cross section.

Fig. 7 is a side elevation of a base block and portion of a panel.

Fig. 8 is an end elevation of the parts disclosed by Fig. 7.

In carryin out the invention, I employ a plurality 0 intermediatecolumns 2, which in the garage shown, enter into the construction of theside and rear walls. Said columns 2 are placed in upright position upona suitable foundation consisting usual- 1y of a concrete door and eachcol is the walls and roof are.

provided with oppositely-disposed longitu dinal grooves t to receive thevertical mar gins of wall panels 6 held in position by said columns 2.-

The lower margins of the panel 6 rest upon base blocks 8, which, likethe columns 2, rest upon the foundation and have ton es 10 at each endto fit into the 1 ves i. The base blocks 8 are provided at their uppermargins with flanges 12 which abut the inner lower portions of thepanels 6 as disclosed by Figs. 1, 7 and 8, and thus prevent rain fromentering-at the'joints 16 where the panels 6 rest upon said blocks 8.ihe

upper outer margins of the blocks 8 are beveled as indicated at 14 toreadily shed rain so that it will not tend to enter the joints 16.

The corners of the building consist of corner columns 18,- which havevertical grooves 20 toreceive a vertical margin of each adjoining panel6.

After the wallsof the structure have been erected the columns 2 and 18,and the panels 6 are firmly united by the skeleton frame consisting ofanchors 22, longitudinal bars 24, and transverse bars 26.

The anchors 22 comprise rods embedded in the upper portions of thecolumns 2 and 18 and project high enough to receive the bars 24 and 26which have holes 28 and 30, respectively, so that they may be readilgplaced in position over said anchors 22 an when so placed thelongitudinal bars 24 rest upon the upper margins of the panels" 6.

The anchors 22 also project high enough to the plates 34 havelongitudinal grooves 36 to receive the respective longitudinal bars 24and the upper ends of the panels 6. They also have transverse grooves 38to receive the two transverse bars 26.

Two panels 39 are provided at the front of the building and each panelhas one ver tical margin fitted into a groove 41 in the companion cornercolumn 18. Any suitable door, or doors (not shown) may be employed lltlLand

to close the opening between the front panels-39.

The roof structure consists of trusses 40 and slabs 42. The chords 4-1-are, preferably, made separate from the remainder of the trusses forconvenience in handling and each chord 44; has a transverse bar 32embedded therein and projecting from the ends thereof to engage over theupper ends of the two companion anchors 22. The gable at the front endconsists of a triangular hood 46 and a lintle 48, While the gable at therear end consists of a triangular panel 50, Which rests upon the rearWall and extends to the roof slabs 42.

All of the foregoing parts excepting the anchors 22 and the bars 24, 26and 32, are preferably, of concrete or similar c0nstruction adapted tobe cast at a central plant and'shipped to the point of use.

By fitting the margins of the panels 8 into the grooves of the columns2, the corner columns 18 and the piates 3 1, and tying the partstogether with the skeleton frame disclosed by Fig. i, it is a parentthat have provided a fire storm proof structure which can be quicklyerected or taken down; and While it have shown and described thepreferred const combination and arrangement of parts, it reser the rightto make such changes properiy in the spirit and scope of the cl Havingthus described my inven-I i, claim and desire to secure by Letters ent,is:

1. in a lrnochdowmhui acter described, a

f5 3 ding oi tne charncture consisting Q t I a, n or connnns spaced uit, lieino panels closing the spaces between said columns, anchorsprojecting upwardly from the columns, and a removable bar uniting saidanchors and resting on the top of the panels.

2. In a. building of the character described, a Wall structureconsisting of columns spaced apart and having vertical grooves therein,panels, having their vertical edges fitting Within said grooves, anchorsprojecting upwardly from the columns, a bar resting upon the panels anduniting said anchors, and a plate resting on top of the columns andhaving alongitudinal groove in its lower portion into which saidlongitudinal bar and the upper edges of. the panels fit.

3. A building of the-character described consisting of side and rearwalls, each Wall consisting of coiumns spaced apart and hav= ing longdinal grooves, panels having their ion; L nal edges fitting ithin saidgrooves, resting on the columns of the side w 1'. i grooves in their orsprojecting ups and through said uniting the anchors ng Within the"ansverse bars 9 and connected to -walls; a root grooves resting Gil

